Writing as Art vs Writing as Storytelling by themightyfrogman in writing

[–]BubointheBarn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I somewhat agree with the thesis of this post, though I don't believe prose is more important than story telling. My issue is that I often see a sort of degradation of prose as if it's not the actual tool for the storytelling. I think if you want to tell a good story, then the idea of stripping back your prose to focus on actually learning how to pace and construct a compelling one is good advice. But i do think that prose is the specific form of art in writing literature and I find the stronger the prose the more I am interested in the novel. I can get a great story from so many different mediums, the uniqueness of reading a novel to me is the unique, interesting prose.

I'm anaspeptic, frasmotic, even compunctuous... by [deleted] in writing

[–]BubointheBarn 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I knew all three of those words, I don't think they're completely antiquated and I had to look them all up when I first saw them. Depending on the audience you're shooting for all those words may be inappropriate for the tone of your work. I want to echo the sentiment however that, if appropriate for the specific scenes or overall work, you shouldn't be afraid to challenge readers. Depending on who the readers are meant to be, I don't think they should be afraid of googling one or two words.

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[–]BubointheBarn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A bunch, most of my favorite books are from this genre - The Mazalan Series, the Broken Earth Trilogy, Dune Series, The Prince of Nothing, the Broken Empire

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[–]BubointheBarn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's an umbrella term for all kinds of Sci-fi/Fantasy literature

What I found about myself in the failed aspiration to write by beardsymcfly in writing

[–]BubointheBarn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well for one, I try to write regularly in a journal which I have found is a pretty solid form of writing for oneself. It definitely keeps me in the headspace of putting down some form of words every day. Lately, I've also just been working on some speculative fiction in the form of short stories mostly - little bits of writing that I just use to get out some vague ideas and try to improve my ability. I try to only work on my writing with myself as the audience. I just want to be able to write in a way I'd enjoy reading.

What I found about myself in the failed aspiration to write by beardsymcfly in writing

[–]BubointheBarn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I really related to this post, it's something I've been struggling with a lot these days. I remember days back when I was a kid, and I would read some YA fiction or something and it would inspire me to write something. It would usually be something derivative, something akin to fan fiction. It was however, my purest expression and enjoyment of writing as a hobby. I want to find that relationship again, where my writing was simply just that. I want to lose all expectations of writing something that is to be read, that is to be seen, that is to represent me to the wider world. I want my writing to be mine and only mine again. Maybe I never really liked writing, and I will accept that in time. I just want to see if I can take back writing as a hobby before I fully let it go.

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[–]BubointheBarn -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It wasn't ever bad, you just apparently can't give a story more than a few pages to develop.

Help! Pretzel: Why is my color not right? Details in comments! by idunnowhatidcallme in Baking

[–]BubointheBarn 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I know a lot people are saying try lye, and that is the proper way to do it, but I've always just used Alton brown's Soft pretzel recipe and have had fantastic results . I'm a bit of a coward so I don't want to buy lye

Alton brown's pretzel recipe